Contest was stopped twice, once for a fire alarm and once due to an accident in the hall when a lady in the audience collapsed. Both times, the bands left the stage and the adjudicator was escorted out of the box.

Adjudicator John Maines and the bands concerned coped well with the added pressure - both events obviously unpredicted and beyond anyone's control.

It was a fantastic day and I was freakily right - 4th place - perhaps i should have put the lottery on too! Anyway - sorry to anyone that predicted us to win - if only we had not had so many individual errors the adjudicator would have sent us to harrogate. Chuffed with the result which i think puts us join top of the league table. Thanks to our MD for the hard work and the band for the effort, we had a very enjoyable day.